The Music Slut

An Indie Kinda Zeppelin

JK — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:17:46 +0000

From Jealous Butcher Records comes a rather incredible new collection of covers by a slew of indie artists including M. Ward, The Long Winters and Loch Lomond. The compilation entitled From The Land of Ice And Snow: The Songs of Led Zeppelin took several years to record and part of the proceeds will be going [...]

Debbie Harry Goldfrapp on Alan Carr

JK — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:48:07 +0000

Is it just me, or does Alison Goldfrapp look exactly like Debbie Harry in this video? Seeing as Alison was born in 1966 and Debbie in 1945, it’s clear that either Debbie Harry is using a miracle cream or Alison needs to cut down on the black eyeshadow… OR Alison is Debbie’s long lost daughter, [...]

Suddenly We Saw

JK — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:38 +0000

Five years ago, we began this blog with an entry entitled ‘Suddenly We See.’ Back then, we were two music loving students stuck in the music wilderness of St. Andrews, Scotland with the only live shows we had easy access to relegated to whatever the student union chose to book each term. Lucky for us, [...]

Antony and the Johnsons Announce ONE N. American Show

JK — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:58:43 +0000

Antony and the Johnsons is the type of band you want to see in a spectacular setting, with fanfare and billowing fabric. So if they are going to play only one venue in North America this year, Alice Tully Hall in New York City is as good a place as any. Set for October 30th, [...]

Future Slutstars: Waxx Maxx

JK — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:32:13 +0000

Last week we received an email from Nicole Godiva telling us about a new project she recently began with her sister and one of our favorites, Mark Mallman (Ruby Isle, formally We Are the World Trade Center) called Waxx Maxx. Each month the new band will be releasing a fresh track and offering it on [...]

BROKEN RECORDS: NEW LP COMING OCTOBER 2010

skye — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:00:45 +0000

The follow up to 2009’s superb debut Until the Earth Begins to Part will be out on 25th October 2010 on 4AD. Titled Let Me Come Home and produced by Tony Doogan, if this is anything like the first record, then it’s sure to be something special. We’re very excited to announce that our second [...]

Björk’s Comet Song for Unicef

JK — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:46:15 +0000

Björk is basically a genius in all things and “The Comet Song” is no different. This song, inspired by traditional Japanese music, was composed by Björk for the upcoming Finnish stop motion 3D movie Moomins and the Comet Chase and will be released exclusively on iTunes September 7 by Nonesuch Records. The music for the [...]

Interview: DJ Wool Tells TMS About His Berlin

JK — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:24:02 +0000

Glen Brady, aka DJ Wool, is a DJ and Music Producer, co founder of Berlin based label We Collect Enemies and a founding member of Indie Dance duo The Glass with Dominique Keegan of Plant Records (co-owned by Hip hop pioneer Stretch Armstrong). A Dublin native and Berlin transplant via Brooklyn (did you get all [...]

David Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries as an Audiobook

JK — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:50:15 +0000

Ever wish you could listen to David Byrne talk about bicycle riding while riding a bicycle? Well don’t. That’s dangerous, what are you thinking? But if you are thinking that maybe you’d like to dream about Bicycle riding while on the subway/metro/underground then here’s your chance, David Byrne’s bestselling Viking Press hardcover, Bicycle Diaries, will [...]

NPR’s ’14 for 14′

JK — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:34:51 +0000

In the music world, Tuesday is release day. And Tuesday the 14th of September is shaping-up to be a doozy with highly anticipated albums from everyone from The Walkmen to Robert Plant dropping. In anticipation of the big day, NPR is streaming 14 new albums on their site as a part of their ‘First Listen‘ [...]